Profile Of Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS; Courses, History, Achievements, Alumni

Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High School(SHS) is an all-female Senior High School that was founded in 1960 by Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Yaa Asantewaa is named after the Queen mother of Ejisu Yaa Asantewaa who led a war against the British Colonialists

DATE FOUNDED

The school was founded in 1960 with funds from the Ghana Education Trust. It was established as part of the rapid educational expansion project pioneered by Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first Ghanaian President after the independence of the country. The school started in 1960 with seventy students. The school was named after Yaa Asantewaa, the great historical revolutionary heroine and Queen mother of Ejisu, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

LOCATION

The school is located in a suburb called Tanoso in the Atwima Mponua District in Kumasi – Ashanti Region

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

The school is a category ‘A’ Senior High School. The school has recorded consistently excellent results in the final exams and the good work will carry on for years to come. Eventually, the School achieved its Sixth Form status and has since continued its progression. For over the last decades, the School has turned out thousands of educated and well-formed women holding responsible positions in governments, global organisations, education, hospitals fields and business circles (as in doctors, lawyers, journalists, nurses, entrepreneurs, teachers, etc.).

AGE

The school is currently 63 years old.

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PROGRAMMES/COURSES

• Agriculture
• Business
• Home Economics
• Visual Arts
• General Science
• General Arts

CATEGORY

The School is a grade ‘A’ School. It has maintained this category for a very long time.

NOTABLE ALUMNI

• Serwaa Amihere, broadcast journalist and news presenter at GhOne Television.
• Ellen Boakye, a cardiologist for children
• Efya, singer and songwriter
• Nana Akosua Konadu, broadcaster, CEO and founder of Enak Consult
• Nana Yaa Serwaa Sarpong, media personality

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